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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






2. 1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York; along with Samuel T. Orton at Columbia University - developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills. Trained one teacher at a time. began working with Sally Childs and trained 50 t






3. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






4. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






5. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






6. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






7. Final stable syllable

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8. Edward III - English again becomes the official language of the state -Chaucer - Canterbury Tales - English borrows from Latin and Greek languages - Anglo-French compounds appear (gentlewomen - gentlemen - faithful - etc) - Latin layer of language -






9. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






10. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






11. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






12. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






13. Words that are able to be broken apart by the position of the vowels and consonants in order to pronounce.






14. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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15. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






16. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






17. A single functioning or signaling unit of our word patterns. The separate sound units of spoken words.






18. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






19. A test in which a student's performance is compared to that of a norm group. Often used to measure and compare students - schools - districts and states.






20. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






21. Most soundly supported by research for effective instruction in beginning reading - Must be explicitly taught - Must be systematically organized and sequenced - Must include learning how to blend sounds together






22. A type of test score that is calculated based on the age that an average person earns a given score within the tested population.






23. Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth Edition Screening test. Provides an efficient and objective measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading difficulties Standard Scores - Percentile Ranks - Grade Equivalents - Age Equivale






24. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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25. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






26. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






27. MSLE instruction requires that organization on material follow the logical order of the language. Sequence must begin with the easiest and progress to more difficult material. Each step must be based on prior knowledge.






28. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






29. A letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning or ending of a base word or root that creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different that the base word or root.






30. Teaching that uses all learning pathways in the brain (VAK-T) simultaneously in order to enhance memory and learning.






31. Normalized standard scores with a range of 1 to 9. They are status score within a particulur norm group.






32. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






33. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.






34. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






35. Use - pictures - charts - maps - graphs - etc...clear view of teacher - color to highlight important text - ask teacher to provide handouts - illustrate ideas as pictures before writing them down - use multi media






36. Students proceed trough predictable stages of learning to reading.

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37. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






38. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






39. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






40. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






41. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






42. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






43. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






44. English as a second language






45. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






46. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






47. Three adjacent letters which represent one speech sound (tch)






48. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn






49. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






50. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer